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State of defiance : challenging the Johns Committee's assault on civil liberties / Judith G. Poucher.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Poucher, Judith G., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civil rights--Florida--History.
- Civil rights.
- Communism--Florida--History.
- Communism.
- Florida. Legislature. Legislative Investigation Committee.
- Florida.
- Johns, Charley.
- Florida--Politics and government--1951-.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (235 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville, Florida : University Press of Florida, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- During the era of McCarthyism, the Floridian legislative investigative group known as the Johns Committee subpoenaed citizens under charges of communism, homosexuality, or subversive behavior. This book uses previously unpublished sources and the recently unsealed records of the Johns Committee to profile five individuals who challenged the assault on civil liberties.
- Contents:
- Charley Johns and Virgil Hawkins: ambition realized, dream deferred
- Virgil Hawkins: pursuit of the dream continues
- Ruth Perry: the librarian raises her voice
- Sig Diettrich: the geographer draws the line
- G. G. Mock: surrounded by fear, empowered by love
- Margaret Fisher and her University of South Florida colleagues: intellectuals versus inquisitors
- Conclusion: Majorities of one.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8130-6898-3
- 0-8130-4762-5
- 0-8130-5039-1
- 0-8130-4879-6
- OCLC:
- 879948915
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